Looking for kids’ costumes that are unique and clever—something beyond this year’s popular commercial characters?

The editorial team of My Kids’ Adventures has found just what you need.

Read on for our top 10 quick, cute and commercial-free do-it-yourself costumes for kids.

Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year. When else can you watch your kids live out their fantasies of being pirates or princesses?

Halloween helps to fire up the imagination and gets the creative juices flowing. It’s a day when everyone can be anyone they want to be.

We love Halloween even more when kids and parents go beyond costume emporiums and create costumes out of odds and ends found in their homes. In fact, we love DIY Halloween costumes so much, we’re bringing you some of our favorites found around the web.

When choosing our list of DIY Halloween costumes, we wanted to find disguises that are doable, wearable and won’t break the bank to make.